Mourinho Defends Lampard Departure

After helping Mancity remain a threat to Chelsea's title glory, Frank Lampard has scored 6 goals in the premiership this season.

There has been an outrage over why Mourinho allowed Lampard to leave Chelsea. But the special one has defended his stand on why he allowed Lampard departure:

Hear Mourinho speak to SKYSPORTS:

"It's his life, nothing to do with us.
"He left Chelsea as a free agent and chooses his life, we can't complain about it. That's football.
"My view is that, when you want to look forward, look to the future, and have people like (Cesc) Fabregas and (Nemanja) Matic and Jeremie Boga (a U21 midfielder), which are the next 10 years of the club.

"The project is to prepare for the next 10 years, not for the next year. We made the right decision.

"You can argue 'You have John Terry and Didier Drogba'. Different.

"Drogba is a striker that is coming to help and support the team. John Terry is the best central defender in English football and it doesn't matter how old he is.

"The nucleus of the team has to be developed and to have a big player like Frank we would stop the development of the other guys."
-Mourinho
Source: skysports.com